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Aaron Copland

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Aaron Copland is a Classical act. Their sound grew out of Nadia Boulanger, Billy Taylor, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Serge Koussevitzky. Those roots explain a lot about how Aaron Copland arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Leoš Janáček, Joaquín Rodrigo and Igor Stravinsky, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lee Rocker, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Frisell, Oscar Levant and Works Volume 1, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Aaron Copland, reaching back through Nadia Boulanger and forward to Lee Rocker. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Aaron CoplandNadia BoulangerBilly TaylorHeitor Villa-LobosSerge KoussevitzkyLee RockerJimmy GiuffreBill FrisellOscar LevantWorks Volume 1Love You LiveSerge KoussevitzkyEmerson, Lake & PalmerJohannes BrahmsEdvard GriegLeoš JanáčekJoaquín RodrigoIgor StravinskyPaul HindemithSamuel BarberLudwig van Beethoven

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Aaron Copland connections

Aaron Copland grew out of Nadia Boulanger, Billy Taylor, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Serge Koussevitzky, shares an orbit with Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Leoš Janáček and Joaquín Rodrigo, went on to shape Lee Rocker, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Frisell and Oscar Levant. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Aaron Copland

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Sounds and acts that shaped Aaron Copland.

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